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Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story

April 13, 2025Chuck Duncan 1 Comment

Lifetime’s true-life story is compelling but still incomplete… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Angela Ray, Biography, Courtney Grace, Drama, Lifetime, Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story, Philip Fornah, Robert Hamilton, Sir Brodie, Solace Kimbro Jones, Syndi Michelle Perry, Tiffany Black, Yaya DaCosta

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story

March 9, 2025Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime is going all in on its ‘Octomom’ programming, kicking off with this TV movie… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Anita Wittenberg, Biography, Caitlyn Stryker, Drama, Genevieve Fleming, I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story, Jovanna Burke, Kristen Lee Gutoskie, Lifetime

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story

February 8, 2025Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime’s Gloria Gaynor biopic isn’t quite the emotional rollercoaster we expected… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Biography, Drama, Francesca Bianchi, I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story, Joaquina Kalukango, Lance Gross, Lifetime, Music, Pendo Muema, Voices of a Lifetime

Movie Review :: Lifetime Network’s Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story

February 1, 2025Chuck Duncan 5 Comments

Lifetime gives us a Cliffs Notes version of the rise of the 1980s band… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Biography, Bre-Z, Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story, Donny Carrington, Drama, Eric Diaz, Giovanni Cristoff, Isaias Alexander Miranda, Jearnest Corchado, Lifetime, Lisa Velez, Matt Borlenghi, Music, Terence Williams, Voices of a Lifetime

Movie Review :: Lifetime’s Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story

October 27, 2024Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Lifetime delves into the recent past for its latest ‘Ripped from the Headlines’ movie… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Amara Sanoy, Annaston Munro, Biography, Crime, Drama, Emilie Ullerup, Farrah Hahn, Heather Locklear, Josh Blacker, Lifetime, Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story, Nolen Dubuc, Rowan McInnis, Savannah Miller

Movie Review :: White Bird

October 25, 2024Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘White Bird’ is a sequel that focuses on a WW2-era story about the capability of kindness… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Ariella Glaser, Biography, Bryce Gheisar, Drama, Family, Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren, Lionsgate, Orlando Schwerdt, War, White Bird

Movie Review :: The Boys in the Boat goes for the gold on Blu-ray

July 14, 2024Patrick Regal Leave a Comment

If you can’t get enough sports dramas, here’s another solid offering… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Amazon MGM Studios, Biography, Callum Turner, Courtney Henggeler, Drama, Hadley Robinson, Jack Mulhern, James Wolk, Joel Edgerton, Peter Guinness, Sport, The Boys in the Boat

Golda delves into the complicated backstory of a controversial figure in the midst of a war

August 27, 2023Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Golda” has its intentions obvious from the start about Golda Meir, but refuses to apologize about it… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Biography, Bleecker Street, Camille Cottin, Drama, Golda, Helen Mirren, History, Liev Schreiber

Oppenheimer is a soaring, melancholy explosion that shows Nolan at his best

July 21, 2023Jeremy Fogelman 1 Comment

‘Oppenheimer’ leads a ridiculously stacked cast through events that definitely changed the world… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Benny Safdie, Biography, Cillian Murphy, Drama, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, History, Josh Hartnett, Jr., Kenneth Branagh, Matt Damon, Michael Angarano, Oppenheimer, Rami Malek, Robert Downey, Universal Pictures

Emily tells the story of the mysterious Brontë sister who died too young

February 26, 2023Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Emily’ is a touch overstuffed but shines with the light of lead actress Emma Mackey… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Adrian Dunbar, Alexandra Dowling, Amelia Gething, Biography, Bleecker Street, Drama, Emily, Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Gemma Jones, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Romance

Elvis gives credit where credit is due

June 23, 2022Patrick Regal Leave a Comment

The latest music biopic will inevitably be controversial… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Austin Butler, Biography, Dacre Montgomery, David Wenham, Drama, Elvis, Helen Thomson, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Kodi Smit-McPhee, Luke Bracey, Music, Natasha Bassett, Olivia DeJonge, Richard Roxburgh, Tom Hanks, Warner Bros. Pictures, Xavier Samuel

Aline is the weirdest biopic not about Celine Dion

April 8, 2022Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

Is it a biopic? Is it a spoof? Is it for real? Who knows… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Aline, Antoine Vézina, Biography, Comedy, Danielle Fichaud, Drama, Jean-Noël Brouté, Roadside Attractions, Roc LaFortune, Sylvain Marcel, Valérie Lemercier

Lucy and Desi presents a fond look back at the original sitcom sweethearts

March 4, 2022Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Lucy and Desi’ is a fairly straightforward documentary from director Amy Poehler, but it still has its charm… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Amazon Studios, Bette Midler, Biography, Carol Burnett, Desi Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr, Documentary, Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill, Lucille Ball, Lucy and Desi, Norman Lear

Sing hallelujah for The Eyes of Tammy Faye

September 21, 2021Colin Holmes Leave a Comment

Jessica Chastain turns in an Oscar-worthy performance in the new biopic… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Andrew Garfield, Biography, Cherry Jones, Drama, Frederic Lehne, Gabriel Olds, History, Jessica Chastain, Louis Cancelmi, Mark Wystrach, Sam Jaeger, Searchlight Pictures, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Vincent D'Onofrio

Judas and the Black Messiah Review

May 27, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The Oscar winning drama comes home and teaches us a few lessons… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Algee Smith, Ashton Sanders, Biography, Daniel Kaluuya, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Dominique Fishback, Dominique Thorne, Drama, History, Jesse Plemons, Judas and the Black Messiah, Lakeith Stanfield, Lil Rel Howery, Martin Sheen, Warner Bros. Pictures

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    MICKEY 17   ★★★
    WOLF MAN   ★✩✩
    NOSFERATU   ★★✩
    WICKED   ★★★
    JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX   ★★★
    BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE   ★★✩
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    DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE   ★★★
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    FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA   ★★✩
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    MURDER AT THE DERBY  ★✩✩
    FAME: A TEMPTATIONS STORY  ★★★
    SINS OF MY HUSBAND  ★★✩
    DESIRE: A TEMPTATIONS STORY  ★★✩
    GET RICH OR DIE TRYING  ★★★
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